microlight or not microlight
Choices:
Light aircraft
"Full" PPL - ie EASA SEP
"Euro" PPL - ie EASA LAPL
"UK" PPL - ie UK NPPL with SSEA rating
Microlight
UK NPPL with Micro rating
So now the questions! (if answer is NO to a question, go to the next one)
Do you want to be/think you might want to be a commercial pilot?
Yes: EASA SEP
Do you want to/think you might want to fly outside the EU
Yes: EASA SEP
Do you want to/think you might want to fly at night, or in cloud?
Yes: EASA SEP
Have you seen what it costs to hire a suitably-equipped aircraft and you have the time and money to keep your skills up to date?
Yes. EASA SEP
And are there local airfields open at night with lights and stuff that you can afford to fly to and from?
Yes. EASA SEP
Do you want to/think you might want to fly a four-seat aircraft?
Yes: EASA LAPL
Having looked at the tatty crocks of pooh that most flying clubs/schools have, do you still want to answer Yes?
Yes: EASA LAPL
Do you want to/think you might want to fly an Annexe 1 aircraft?
Yes: EASA LAPL
Having looked at the tatty crocks of pooh that most flying clubs/schools have, do you still want to answer Yes?
Yes: EASA LAPL
Have you won the lottery and want to own your own aircraft, and that aircraft might be an Annexe 1 aircraft?
Yes. EASA LAPL
Would you like to fly a modern aircraft and not one that looks all tatty and be able to afford lots of flying?
Yes. NPPL SSEA
Do you dislike exams?
Yes. NPPL Micro.
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Now, as it happens, you can until April next year, do an NPPL (micro) and add an SSEA rating with just one or two more exams and then trade it in for a LAPL.
Misses out on the ridiculous NINE exams in EASA land and the ridiculous questions that are asked (which no-one at our club can answer - especially the one about the time in New Delhi!)